I did think the action sequences were quite good, but I didn't laugh once. Just a shame that most of those action scenes were already played endlessly during the trailers for the movie, so they came as no surprise when they played in the actual feature.

Huh. Is this the worst marketing job ever, or what? I had no idea what the movie was about-- I thought it was a KIDDIE flick FFS.

I imagine that I'm not the only one: anyone who isn't familiar with the comic book probably has a mistaken impression about the movie if they go solely by the commercials... (I suppose a trailer might clarify things more.)

solidstatemind:Huh. Is this the worst marketing job ever, or what? I had no idea what the movie was about-- I thought it was a KIDDIE flick FFS.

I imagine that I'm not the only one: anyone who isn't familiar with the comic book probably has a mistaken impression about the movie if they go solely by the commercials... (I suppose a trailer might clarify things more.)

I watched the red band trailer so I knew what was coming and loved it.

I saw this film a week back and LOVED IT, IDK, the fight scenes were just so fun to watch and the soundtrack put some much energy into them.

I must admit, Hit Girl was awesome, and if the actress keeps up with her acting career I can see her going far.

Edit: ALSO, I really want to know what he meant about the final comment, I'm under 20 and I didn't really see any symbolism or whatever there, so I'm interested to know now. (And too lazy to go scourge the Internet for an answer.)

Was going to write a kick-ass user reveiw but never got arrround to it. I thought it was s very good film despite some of it's failings. The tone and overall violence reminds me somewhat on the best of what amine can do, put young people in a violent universe and make it awesome and dubious massacres by 11 year old girls really did invoke that.

I thought it's tone was sligly dark in places, it was fun but it did do at least a little exploration. Some of the funnier bits come from just shattering the conventions of the superhero movie like not killing the villans. In one of hit girl'd most memorable scenes she kills ALL the guys in an apartment, even just some random junkies, slices their limbs right off.

Might still write that reveiw, the film is essentially about a self gratifying ego fantasy decending into self gratifying ultraviolence so my take it it's essentially a film about masturbation. No really. There is like a 5 minute scene in which Dave explains how he wacks off over EVERYTHING. The undertone of tit gags also comes back in random places to great effect.

solidstatemind:Huh. Is this the worst marketing job ever, or what? I had no idea what the movie was about-- I thought it was a KIDDIE flick FFS.

I imagine that I'm not the only one: anyone who isn't familiar with the comic book probably has a mistaken impression about the movie if they go solely by the commercials... (I suppose a trailer might clarify things more.)

If you search kick ass on google you can find an uncensored trailer, that definitely proves that it is not a kiddie movie.

It's been said already and ignored - most of the under 20's will miss the point of the fragmented voice pattern and OTT stances that Cage pulls out. Two Words: Adam West

Which gimp said he didn't laugh? Are you broken in the head? The bazooka? The in car groove-fest? The 11 year old girl owning a switch blade competition? Hell, even if it's just the totally inappropriate and therefore perfect soundtrack used to accentuate the many insane action sequences.

There was a lot to love about this movie, it had heart, character and more than anything, a lot of fun!

Drmonstereater:There's been a ton of talk about the film's morally questionable sense of humor. Though I was going to see it anyway, I liked your take on the subject.

I don't see how any morally questionable humor would bother anyone who the movie was targeted to. Some of the best comedies I've seen are full of humor that makes you feel horable for laughing but you just have to watch it again. Some people are just to stuck up when it comes to movies like American Pie and South Park's, Throw you sensabilities to the side and go watch people do and say hilarious shit that you would never do, thats what the movies are for in my opinion.

Geez, I didn't know there'd be a ton of gore (never read the comic). I figured it was a "Mystery Men" for an even younger audience, and thus would be nothing more than general slapstick and cutesy dialogue. From the TV trailers it certainly seemed the case.